Service provider to help keep families safe in south-eastern suburbs

Hope Community Services has been awarded a contract to run the Armadale Family and Domestic Violence Hub in partnership with Yorgum Healing Services Aboriginal Corporation.
  • Hope Community Services in partnership with Yorgum Healing Services Aboriginal Corporation appointed to run the Armadale Family and Domestic Violence Hub
  • New hub will provide victim-survivors with access to services and supports in a single, accessible location, plus off-site services for perpetrators and young people 
  • Delivers on a McGowan Government election commitment

Hope Community Services has been awarded a contract to run the Armadale Family and Domestic Violence Hub in partnership with Yorgum Healing Services Aboriginal Corporation.

The $14.7 million election commitment builds on the success of similar projects in Mirrabooka (Naala Djookan) and Kalgoorlie (Mara Pirni Healing Place).  

The Armadale hub will offer a range of specialist family and domestic violence and other community services in one location, making it easier for victim-survivors and those affected by family violence to access help.

Health and wellbeing, legal, housing, homelessness, family and parenting services will be offered and linked to existing services in the Armadale area.

A satellite service for perpetrators and youths will also be delivered, to address problematic behaviours early.

The hub was designed in collaboration with local people, Elders and service providers to deliver culturally responsive services and reflect the needs of the community, with particular focus on family safety, kinship and cultural connections.

The hub is expected to be operational next year.

Work is also underway to establish a fourth family and domestic violence hub in Broome, as part of the McGowan Government's $60 million package of election commitments to further support and promote Aboriginal family safety.

Further details on the one-stop hub program can be viewed on the Department of Communities' website.

Comments attributed to Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence Minister Sabine Winton:

"Too many people, mainly women, experience family and domestic violence. When they decide to get help, it can be overwhelming working out where to start. We don't want them to face that barrier.

"Getting assistance with essentials like health, housing and finances, plus family support if they have children, is so important for victim-survivors to escape domestic and family violence, and to set themselves up to recover and rebuild their lives.

"Having these services in one place makes it much easier for victim-survivors. It reduces the trauma of retelling and reliving their experience each time they access a different service.

"We've seen the great results being achieved in the Mirrabooka and Kalgoorlie hubs. I'm confident Armadale will be the same.

"We also need to hold perpetrators accountable for their behaviour and provide help to break the cycle of abuse. This is what the satellite site is designed to achieve."

Comments attributed to Armadale MLA Tony Buti:

"I welcome any efforts to support families experiencing violence which provide a pathway forward for both victim-survivors and perpetrators.

"By working in partnership through an alliance of key partners, the Armadale Family and Domestic Violence Hub is well placed to provide these important services that will make a meaningful difference for people in the East Metropolitan area."

Minister's office - 6552 5839

Armadale FDV Hub service providers

  • Hope Community Services
  • Yorgum Healing Services

Armadale FDV Hub alliance partners

  • Ishar Multicultural Women's Health Services
  • Ngala
  • Women's Legal Service WA
  • Aboriginal Legal Service
  • Marmun Mia-mia Aboriginal Corporation
  • 360 Health + Community
  • Ruah Community Services

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